“Braving the dangers of a land where throat-cutting is a popular
pastime, and earthquakes and fevers more or less yellow, and vermin
more or less venomous are amongst the indigenous comforts of the
soil, a German, of high reputation as a naturalist and man of
letters, has devoted four years of a life valuable to science to a
residence and travels in the most interesting districts of South
America, the ancient empire of the Incas, the scene of the conquests
and cruelties of Francisco Pizarro.”
_Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries._
IN THE WEST.
_California and Oregon Trail_,
Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life.